Back Frame and Backlight System

ABSTRACT

The present invention provides a back frame of flat panel display device, which includes primary assembling pieces, secondary assembling pieces, and a bracing piece for fixing a circuit board. The primary assembling pieces have a number of at least two. At least one of the primary assembling pieces has an end forming joint sections. The secondary assembling pieces are joined to the primary assembling pieces. The at least two primary assembling pieces are joined through corresponding joint sections thereof. At least one of the primary assembling pieces includes a reinforcement structure formed on the joint section thereof. The bracing piece includes a bracing body, a first suspension section, a first bearing section, and a first resilient bent section. The present invention also provides a backlight system. The back frame and the backlight system of the present invention have a simple structure, reduce the expenditure of a back frame mold, and save the material used for back frame so as to lower down the cost of flat panel display device.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to the field of displaying techniques, andin particular to a back frame of a flat panel display device and abacklight system.

2. The Related Arts

The state-of-the-art liquid crystal display device comprises a frontbezel, a panel, and a backlight module, of which the backlight modulecomprises a back frame, a reflector plate, a light guide, and a lightingassembly.

Currently, a variety of display panels of different sizes are availablein the market to meet different needs of general consumers. For example,in the field of television set, the sizes of liquid crystal panelsinclude 31.5, 42, 46, 48, and 55 inches. Different back frame molds areprovided for liquid crystal planes of different sizes.

Referring to FIG. 1, FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing a conventionalback frame of liquid crystal display device. As shown in FIG. 1, theconventional back frame 10 is a unitary back frame, and it is often thata unitary back frame 10 is made with metal stamping or plastic injectionmolding. The unitary back frame 10 consumes much material and has a highmaterial cost. Further, a large-sized back frame 10 requires large-sizedstamping equipment, and the size of mold corresponding to such a backframe 10 is large and the structure complicated, making the expenditureof the back frame mold high. As a consequence, the conventional backframe is of a high cost.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The technical issue to be addressed by the present invention is toprovide a back frame and a backlight system, which lower down materialcost and mold cost.

To address the above technical issue, the present invention adopts atechnical solution that provides a back frame of flat panel displaydevice, which comprises primary assembling pieces, secondary assemblingpieces, and a bracing piece for fixing a circuit board, the primaryassembling pieces having a number of at least two, at least one of theprimary assembling pieces having an end forming joint sections, thesecondary assembling pieces being joined to the primary assemblingpieces; the at least two primary assembling pieces are joined throughcorresponding joint sections thereof, at least one of the primaryassembling pieces comprising a reinforcement structure formed on thejoint sections thereof; and the bracing piece comprises a bracing body,a first suspension section, a first bearing section, and a firstresilient bent section, the bracing body being mounted to the primaryassembling pieces or the secondary assembling pieces or is mounted toboth the primary assembling pieces and the secondary assembling pieces,the first suspension section extending from the bracing body toward oneside of the bracing body, the first bearing section being spaced fromthe bracing body and extending from the first suspension section towardone side of the first suspension section, the first resilient bentsection being located between the first bearing section and the bracingbody and being bent from the first suspension section toward one side ofthe first suspension section, the first bearing section and the firstresilient bent section resiliently clamping a first side edge of thecircuit board

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, each ofthe primary assembling pieces has a cross-section of the joint sectionthat has a line-folded configuration in order to form the reinforcementstructure, the line-folded configuration comprising at least two joinedline segments, the reinforcement structures of the two primaryassembling pieces being stacked in a recess-projection paired form.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, theline-folded configuration of the reinforcement structure comprises arectangle, a trapezoidal, a swallow-tailed shape, a T-shape, an invertedT-shape, a conic shape, a cruciform shape, a fork-like shape, or agrating shape.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, each ofthe primary assembling pieces has a cross-section of the joint sectionthat is an arc shape to form the reinforcement structure, thereinforcement structures of the two primary assembling pieces beingstacked in a recess-projection paired form.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the arcshape of the reinforcement structure comprises one or more groups ofsingle curvature, dual curvatures, or multiple curvatures.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, thebracing piece further comprises a second suspension section, a secondbearing section, and a second resilient bent section, the secondsuspension section being spaced from the first suspension section andextending from the bracing body toward one side of the bracing body, thesecond bearing section being spaced from the bracing body and extendingfrom the second suspension section toward one side of the secondsuspension section, the second resilient bent section being locatedbetween the second bearing section and the bracing body and extendingfrom the second suspension toward one side of the second suspensionsection, the second bearing section and the second resilient bentsection resiliently clamping a second side edge of the circuit boardthat is opposite to the first side edge.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the backframe comprises two bracing pieces and the two bracing pieces are spacedfrom each other to clamp different locations of the first side edge andthe second side edge of the circuit board.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, thebracing body is of a step-like configuration and bridges between the twoassembling pieces.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the atleast two primary assembling pieces comprise a first primary assemblingpiece and a second primary assembling piece, the first primaryassembling piece having an end forming at least joint sections that arearranged to space from each other in a lengthwise direction of the firstprimary assembling piece, each of the joint sections having a structuremating an end of the second primary assembling piece, the first primaryassembling piece using one of the joint sections to join thecorresponding end of the second primary assembling piece.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the jointsections comprise recesses formed in a surface of the first primaryassembling piece and having a shape corresponding to the end of thesecond primary assembling piece for receiving the end of the secondprimary assembling piece.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the jointsections comprise recesses formed in the surface of the first primaryassembling piece, the second primary assembling piece having a surfaceforming protrusions at corresponding positions that are arranged tospace from each other in a lengthwise direction of the second primaryassembling piece, the protrusions being receivable in the recesses tojoin the first primary assembling piece and the second primaryassembling piece to each other.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the recessof the first primary assembling piece forms a first through hole in abottom thereof, a second through hole being formed in the second primaryassembling piece at a corresponding position, the back frame comprisinga fastener, the fastener extending through the first through hole andthe second through hole to joint the first primary assembling piece andthe second primary assembling piece.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the backframe comprises a third primary assembling piece and a fourth primaryassembling piece; and the first primary assembling piece, the secondprimary assembling piece, the third primary assembling piece, and thefourth primary assembling piece are straight linear and are joined in aleading end-to-tailing end manner to circumferentially form arectangular main frame structure of the back frame.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, thesecondary assembling pieces comprise a first secondary assembling pieceand a second secondary assembling piece, the first secondary assemblingpiece having two ends respectively joined to at least two primaryassembling pieces of the first primary assembling piece, the secondprimary assembling piece, the third primary assembling piece, and thefourth primary assembling piece, the second secondary assembling piecehaving two ends respectively joined to at least two primary assemblingpieces of the first primary assembling piece, the second primaryassembling piece, the third primary assembling piece, and the fourthprimary assembling piece.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the twoends of the first secondary assembling piece are respectively joined tothe first primary assembling piece and the second primary assemblingpiece that are adjacent to each other and the two ends of the secondsecondary assembling piece are respectively joined to the third primaryassembling piece and the fourth primary assembling piece that areadjacent to each other; or the two ends of the first secondaryassembling piece are respectively joined to the first primary assemblingpiece and the third primary assembling piece that are opposite to eachother and the two ends of the second secondary assembling piece arerespectively joined to the first primary assembling piece and the thirdprimary assembling piece that are opposite to each other, the secondprimary assembling piece, the fourth primary assembling piece, the firstsecondary assembling piece, and the second secondary assembling piecebeing arranged parallel to each other.

To address the above technical issue, the present invention adopts atechnical solution that provides a backlight system, which comprises alight source, a light homogenization mechanism, and a back frame; andthe back frame carries the light source and the light homogenizationmechanism, the back frame being any back frame described above.

The efficacy of the present invention is that to be distinguished fromthe state of the art, the present invention provides a back frame and abacklight system that use at least two primary assembling pieces ofwhich a first primary assembling piece forms at least two joint sectionsand the first primary assembling piece uses one of the joint sections tojoin a corresponding end of a second primary assembling piece so as tomake a mold for back frame simple in structure, reduce the expenditureof the back frame mold, save the material used for back frame, and thuslower down the cost of flat panel display device. Further, through thearrangement of a reinforcement structure on a joining section of aprimary assembling piece, the strength of the back frame at the joiningsite can be improved to thereby ensure the overall strength of the backframe meets the desired requirements. With a bracing piece being mountedto the back frame to fix a circuit board, the problem that the circuitboard cannot be easily fixed is overcome.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing a conventional back frame of liquidcrystal display device;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing a flat panel display device accordingto a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing a back frame of a flat panel displaydevice according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view showing a back frame of a flat panel displaydevice according to a third embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view showing a back frame of a flat panel displaydevice according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing a joining structure of twoprimary assembling pieces of a flat panel display device according to afifth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view showing a diagonally-arranged first secondaryassembling piece mounted to a main frame structure of a flat paneldisplay device according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view showing a first secondary assembling pieceand a second secondary assembling piece mounted to a main framestructure of a flat panel display device according to a seventhembodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a schematic view showing joint sections of a back frame of aflat panel display device according to an eighth embodiment of thepresent invention;

FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view showing a first example of jointsection of FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 is a schematic view showing a joining structure of a jointsection of a back frame of a flat panel display device according to aninth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 12 is a schematic view showing a joining structure of a jointsection of a back frame of a flat panel display device according to atenth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 13 is a schematic view showing a joining structure of a jointsection of a back frame of a flat panel display device according to aneleventh embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 14 is a schematic view showing a joint section of a back frame of aflat panel display device according to a twelfth embodiment of thepresent invention;

FIG. 15 is a schematic view showing joining carried out with differentjoint sections of a back frame of flat panel display device according toa thirteenth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 16 is a schematic view showing a portion of a back frame of flatpanel display device according to a fourteenth embodiment of the presentinvention;

FIG. 17 is an enlarged view of a cross-section of a first embodiment ofa joint section of a primary assembling piece shown in FIG. 16 takenalong line A-A′;

FIG. 18 is an enlarged view of a cross-section of a second embodiment ofa joint section of a primary assembling piece shown in FIG. 16 takenalong line A-A′;

FIG. 19 is an enlarged view of a cross-section of a third embodiment ofa joint section of a primary assembling piece shown in FIG. 16 takenalong line A-A′;

FIG. 20 is an enlarged view of a cross-section of a fourth embodiment ofa joint section of a primary assembling piece shown in FIG. 16 takenalong line A-A′;

FIG. 21 is an enlarged view of a cross-section of a fifth embodiment ofa joint section of a primary assembling piece shown in FIG. 16 takenalong line A-A′;

FIG. 22 is an enlarged view of a cross-section of a sixth embodiment ofa joint section of a primary assembling piece shown in FIG. 16 takenalong line A-A′;

FIG. 23 is an enlarged view of a cross-section of a seventh embodimentof a joint section of a primary assembling piece shown in FIG. 16 takenalong line A-A′;

FIG. 24 is an enlarged view of a cross-section of an eighth embodimentof a joint section of a primary assembling piece shown in FIG. 16 takenalong line A-A′;

FIG. 25 is an enlarged view of a cross-section of a ninth embodiment ofa joint section of a primary assembling piece shown in FIG. 16 takenalong line A-A′;

FIG. 26 is an enlarged view of a cross-section of a tenth embodiment ofa joint section of a primary assembling piece shown in FIG. 16 takenalong line A-A′;

FIG. 27 is a schematic view showing another structure of thereinforcement structure of the back frame shown in FIG. 16;

FIG. 28 is a schematic view showing a portion of a back frame of flatpanel display device according to a fifteenth embodiment of the presentinvention;

FIG. 29 is a cross-sectional view showing a bracing piece of the backframe of FIG. 28 and a circuit board;

FIG. 30 is a schematic view showing a back frame of flat panel displaydevice according to a sixteenth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 31 is a flow chart showing a method for manufacturing a back frameof a flat panel display device according to a seventeenth of the presentinvention;

FIG. 32 is a schematic view showing a flat panel display device with atouch screen according to an eighteenth embodiment of the presentinvention;

FIG. 33 is a schematic view showing a stereoscopic display deviceaccording to a nineteenth embodiment of the present invention; and

FIG. 34 is a schematic view showing a plasma display device according toa twentieth embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

Referring to FIGS. 2-3, FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing a flat paneldisplay device according to a first embodiment of the present inventionand FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing a first embodiment of a backframe of a flat panel display device according to a second embodiment ofthe present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the flat panel display device20 according to the instant embodiment comprises: a backlight system 21and a display panel 22. The backlight system 21 is arranged on a backside of the display panel 22 and supplies light to the display panel 22.

In the instant embodiment, the backlight system 21 comprises a lightsource 25, a light homogenization mechanism 24, and a back frame 23. Theback frame 23 carries the light source 25 and the light homogenizationmechanism 24. When the backlight system 21 is an edge lighting type, thelight homogenization mechanism 24 is a light guide; and when thebacklight system 21 is a direct type, the light homogenization mechanism24 is a diffuser plate. The back frame 23 comprises at least a firstprimary assembling piece and a second primary assembling piece, and thetwo of at least first and second primary assembling pieces constitute amain frame structure 27 of the back frame 23.

Referring also to FIG. 3, the back frame 23 of the first embodimentcomprises a first primary assembling piece 261 and a second primaryassembling piece 262. The first primary assembling piece 261 has an endjoined to an end of the second primary assembling piece 262, and thefirst primary assembling piece 261 has another end joined to another endof the second primary assembling piece 262 in order to form the mainframe structure 27 of the back frame 23. The first primary assemblingpiece 261 and the second primary assembling piece 262 are both aluminumpieces or galvanized steel pieces. In the instant embodiment, the firstprimary assembling piece 261 and the second primary assembling piece 262are L-shaped.

Referring also to FIG. 4, the back frame 23 of a third embodimentcomprises a first primary assembling piece 281, a second primaryassembling piece 282, and a third primary assembling piece 283. Thethree primary assembling pieces 281, 282, and 283 are assembled andjoined to form a main frame structure 27 of the back frame 23. The threeprimary assembling pieces 281, 282, and 283 are all aluminum pieces orgalvanized steel pieces. An end of the first primary assembling piece281 is joined to an end of the second primary assembling piece 282.Another end of the primary assembling piece 282 is joined to an end ofthe third primary assembling piece 283. Another end of the third primaryassembling piece 282 is joined to another end of the first primaryassembling piece 281.

In the instant embodiment, the first primary assembling piece 281 isL-shaped, and the second and third primary assembling pieces 282, 283are straight linear.

Further, the back frame 23 further comprises secondary assembling piecesarranged inside and joined to the main frame structure 27.

A detailed description will be given to the back frame 23 of the flatpanel display device 20 according to the present invention, whichcomprises four primary assembling pieces and two secondary assemblingpieces.

Referring to FIG. 5, FIG. 5 is a schematic view showing a back frame offlat panel display device according to a fourth embodiment of thepresent invention. As shown in FIG. 5, in the instant embodiment, a backframe 23 comprises: a first primary assembling piece 231, a secondprimary assembling piece 232, a third primary assembling piece 233, afourth primary assembling piece 234, a first secondary assembling piece235, a second secondary assembling piece 236, and bracing pieces 2371,2372, 2373, 2374, 2375, 2376, and 2377. The first primary assemblingpiece 231, the second primary assembling piece 232, the third primaryassembling piece 233, and the fourth primary assembling piece 234 arejoined to each other in a leading end-to-tailing end manner toconstitute a rectangular main frame structure 27 of the back frame 23.The first secondary assembling piece 235 and the second secondaryassembling piece 236, serving as ancillary assembling pieces, arearranged in the main frame structure 27 and joined to the main framestructure 27.

Specifically, an end of the first primary assembling piece 231 is joinedto an end of the second primary assembling piece 232, another end of thesecond primary assembling piece 232 is joined to an end of the thirdprimary assembling piece 233, another end of the third primaryassembling piece 233 is joined to an end of the fourth primaryassembling piece 234, and another end of the fourth primary assemblingpiece 234 is joined to another end of the first primary assembling piece231 in order to form the rectangular main frame structure 27. The firstprimary assembling piece 231, the second primary assembling piece 232,the third primary assembling piece 233, and the fourth primaryassembling piece 234 are all aluminum pieces or galvanized steel pieces.In the instant embodiment, the first primary assembling piece 231, thesecond primary assembling piece 232, the third primary assembling piece233, and the fourth primary assembling piece 234 are straight linear,yet in other embodiments, it is apparent to those skilled in the art tomake all the first primary assembling piece 231, the second primaryassembling piece 232, the third primary assembling piece 233, and thefourth primary assembling piece 234 L-shaped, or some being straightlinear and the remaining being L-shaped. For example, in FIG. 3, thefirst primary assembling piece 261 and the second primary assemblingpiece 262 are both L-shaped; in FIG. 15, the first primary assemblingpiece 281 is L-shaped, while the second and third primary assemblingpieces 282 and 283 are straight linear.

Referring to FIG. 6, FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing a joiningstructure of two primary assembling pieces of a flat panel displaydevice according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention. In theinstant embodiment, the back frame 23 of the flat panel display device20 is formed by joining connection. As shown in FIG. 6, an illustrativeexample is given for the connection of an end of the first primaryassembling piece 231 to an end of the second primary assembling piece232, wherein the end of the second primary assembling piece 232 isjoined to the end of the first primary assembling piece 231 by means offor example screwing, fastening, or welding, to have the end of thesecond primary assembling piece 232 connected to the end of the firstprimary assembling piece 231.

Referring to FIG. 7, FIG. 7 is a schematic view showing adiagonally-arranged first secondary assembling piece mounted to a mainframe structure of a flat panel display device according to a sixthembodiment of the present invention. In the instant embodiment, thefirst secondary assembling piece 235 and the second secondary assemblingpiece 236 are arranged in the main frame structure 27 of the back frame23. An end of the first secondary assembling piece 235 is joined to thefirst primary assembling piece 231 and another end of the firstsecondary assembling piece 235 is joined to the third primary assemblingpiece 233; and an end of the second secondary assembling piece 236 isjoined to the first primary assembling piece 231 and another end of thesecond secondary assembling piece 236 is joined to the third primaryassembling piece 233. Further, the second primary assembling piece 232,the fourth primary assembling piece 234, the first secondary assemblingpiece 235, and the second secondary assembling piece 236 are arrangedparallel to each other. In other embodiments, those skilled in the artmay arrange at least one secondary assembling piece in the main framestructure 27. For example, only the first secondary assembling piece 235is arranged in the main frame structure 27. Further, the two ends of thefirst secondary assembling piece 235 can be selectively joined to atleast two of the primary assembling pieces of the first primaryassembling piece 231, the second primary assembling piece 232, the thirdprimary assembling piece 233, and the fourth primary assembling piece234. For example, the first secondary assembling piece 235 is setdiagonally in the main frame structure 27, as shown in FIG. 7.Similarly, the two ends of the second secondary assembling piece 236 canbe selectively joined to at least two of the primary assembling piecesof the first primary assembling piece 231, the second primary assemblingpiece 232, the third primary assembling piece 233, and the fourthprimary assembling piece 234.

Referring to FIG. 8, FIG. 8 is a schematic view showing a firstsecondary assembling piece and a second secondary assembling piecemounted to a main frame structure of a flat panel display deviceaccording to a seventh embodiment of the present invention. For example,the two ends of the first secondary assembling piece 235 arerespectively joined to the first primary assembling piece 231 and thesecond primary assembling piece 232 that are adjacent to each other andthe two ends of the second secondary assembling piece 236 arerespectively joined the third primary assembling piece 233 and thefourth primary assembling piece 234 that are adjacent to each other.

In the instant embodiment, the back frame 23 comprises seven bracingpieces 2371, 2372, 2373, 2374, 2375, 2376, and 2377. The bracing piece2371 is fixed to the fourth primary assembling piece 234; the bracingpieces 2372, 2373 are both fixed to the first secondary assembling piece235; the bracing piece 2374 is fixed to the second secondary assemblingpiece 236; the bracing piece 2375 is fixed to the second primaryassembling piece 232; and the bracing pieces 2376, 2377 are each fixed,at two ends thereof, to the first secondary assembling piece 235 and thesecond secondary assembling piece 236. In practice, the bracing piecescan be fixed to one or more of the first primary assembling piece 231,the second primary assembling piece 232, the third primary assemblingpiece 233, the fourth primary assembling piece 234, the first secondaryassembling piece 235, and the second secondary assembling piece 236. Inother embodiments, those skilled in the art may mount bracing pieces ofany other numbers to the back frame 23, such as one or more bracingpieces. Further, the bracing pieces can be releasably fixed to one ormore of the first primary assembling piece 231, the second primaryassembling piece 232, the third primary assembling piece 233, the fourthprimary assembling piece 234, the first secondary assembling piece 235,and the second secondary assembling piece 236.

The bracing pieces 2371, 2372, 2373, 2374, 2375, 2376, and 2377 may beprovided with bumps (not labeled) so that the back frame 23 may fixcomponents, such as circuit boards, with such bumps.

Molds for making the back frame 23 will be described. In the instantembodiment, the first primary assembling piece 231 and the third primaryassembling piece 233 are of the same size and shape so that they can bemade by stamping with the same mold. The second primary assembling piece232, the fourth primary assembling piece 234, the first secondaryassembling piece 235, and the second secondary assembling piece 236 areof the same size and shape so that they can be made by stamping with thesame mold, making it possible to share the mold. Thus, the back frame 23of the present invention can be made by stamping with only twosmall-sized molds, and compared to the conventional back frame 10 thatrequires a large-sized mold, the molds for making the back frame 23 ofthe present invention are simple in structure and small in size and thusthe cost of mold for the back frame 23 can be lowered. Further, comparedto the whole back frame structure of the conventional back frame 10, theback frame 23 of the present invention can significantly save materialused and thus reduce the manufacturing cost of the flat panel displaydevice 20.

Referring to FIG. 9, FIG. 9 is a schematic view showing joint sectionsof a back frame of a flat panel display device according to an eighthembodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 9, in the instantembodiment, an end of the first primary assembling piece is providedwith two joint sections, and the joint sections have a structure matingan end of the second primary assembling piece so that the first primaryassembling piece can be joined to a corresponding end of the secondprimary assembling piece.

Specifically, the first primary assembling piece 231 has an end having asurface forming joint sections 2311, 2312, and the joint sections 2311,2312 are arranged in a spaced manner in a lengthwise direction of thefirst primary assembling piece 231. The joint sections 2311, 2312 areformed by forming recesses having a shape mating an end of the secondprimary assembling piece 232 in the first primary assembling piece 231in order to receive the end of the second primary assembling piece 232therein.

Referring to FIG. 10, FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view showing a firstexample of joint section of FIG. 9. As shown in FIG. 10, the jointsections 2311, 2312 are recesses that do not extend through oppositesurfaces of the end of the first primary assembling piece 231 and therecesses are of a rectangular shape with the second primary assemblingpiece 232 being straight linear.

To assemble a large-sized back frame 23, the joint section 2311 that isclose to the very end of the first primary assembling piece 231 is firsttaken and a second primary assembling piece 232 having a correspondingwidth is selected. Afterwards, an end of the second primary assemblingpiece 232 is positioned in the recess of the joint section 2311. Andthen, means, such as screwing, fastening, or welding, is applied to joinand fix the end of the second primary assembling piece 232 to the jointsection 2311. To assemble a small-sized back frame 23, the joint section2312 that is distant from the very end of the first primary assemblingpiece 231 is first chosen and a second primary assembling piece 232having a corresponding width is selected. Afterwards, an end of thesecond primary assembling piece 232 is positioned in the recess of thejoint section 2312. And then, means, such as screwing, fastening, orwelding, is applied to join and fix the end of the second primaryassembling piece 232 to the joint section 2312.

Referring to FIG. 11, FIG. 11 is a schematic view showing a joiningstructure of a joint section of a back frame of a flat panel displaydevice according to a ninth embodiment of the present invention. Asshown in FIG. 11, to allow of selection of the size of the back frame 23in another direction, for example the second primary assembling piece232 forms a protrusion at a corresponding location on a surface thereof,and the protrusion of the second primary assembling piece 232 isembedded in the recess the first primary assembling piece 231 at acorresponding location in order to join the first primary assemblingpiece 231 and the second primary assembling piece 232. Further, thesecond primary assembling piece 232 may form, on a surface of one endthereof, at least two protrusions that are spaced in the lengthwisedirection of the second primary assembling piece 232, such as two,three, or four protrusions.

Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 12, FIG. 12 is a schematic view showing ajoining structure of a joint section of a back frame of a flat paneldisplay device according to a tenth embodiment of the present invention.The recess of the first primary assembling piece 231 can be a recess ofa multi-stepped configuration and the second primary assembling piece232 forms, at a corresponding location, a protrusion having amulti-stepped configuration corresponding to the recess.

Further, as shown in FIG. 13, FIG. 13 is a schematic view showing ajoining structure of a joint section of a back frame of a flat paneldisplay device according to an eleventh embodiment of the presentinvention. Taking the joint section 2311 as an example, the recess ofthe first primary assembling piece 231 forms, in a bottom thereof, afirst through hole 2313, and the second primary assembling piece 232forms, at a location corresponding to the joint section 2311, a secondthrough hole 2321. The back frame 23 further comprises a fastener 240.The fastener 240 extends through the first through hole 2313 and thesecond through hole 2321 to joint the first primary assembling piece 231and the second primary assembling piece 232 to each other.

As shown in FIG. 14, FIG. 14 is a schematic view showing a joint sectionof a back frame of a flat panel display device according to a twelfthembodiment of the present invention. The recesses of the joint sections2311, 2312 of the first primary assembling piece 231 are of a circularshape. Yet, in other embodiments, those skilled in the art may arrangethe shape of the recesses to be other polygonal configurations, such astriangle.

As shown in FIG. 15, FIG. 15 is a schematic view showing joiningrealized by using different joint sections of a back frame of a flatpanel display device according to a thirteenth embodiment of the presentinvention. In the instant embodiment, the joint sections 2311, 2312 arerecesses that extend through opposite surfaces of the first primaryassembling piece 231, whereby an end of the second primary assemblingpiece 232 is movable within the joint sections 2311, 2312. For example,after the end of the second primary assembling piece 232 is setextending beyond and joined and fixed to the joint section 2312, theportion of extension is then trimmed off so that the length of thesecond primary assembling piece 232 that serves as a primary assemblingpiece of the back frame can be adjusted and thus back frames ofdifferent sizes can be obtained.

In a practical application, the other end of the first primaryassembling piece 231 and both ends of the third primary assembling piece233 are all provided with two joint sections having a structureidentical to that of the joint sections 2311, 2312. The ends of thesecond primary assembling piece 232 and the ends of the fourth primaryassembling piece 234 may be subjected to specific designs or no designat all according to different applications. For example:

(1) In a first situation, as shown in FIG. 10, the two ends of thesecond primary assembling piece 232 and the two ends of the fourthprimary assembling piece 234 are of no specific design. In other words,the ends are of the same structure as the remaining portions. Under thiscondition, in making a join with a selected joint section 2311 (2312) atone end of the first primary assembling piece 231 (the same applicableto the other end), if an attempt is made to change the width of the backframe 23, then the length of the corresponding second primary assemblingpiece 232 and fourth primary assembling piece 234 must be selectedaccordingly. Namely, if the joint section 2311 that is close to the veryend of the first primary assembling piece 231 is selected for joining,then no trimming is applied to the second primary assembling piece 232and the fourth primary assembling piece 234 or the portion that istrimmed off is short; if the joint section 2312 that is distant from thevery end of the first primary assembling piece 231 is selected forjoining, then the second primary assembling piece 232 and the fourthprimary assembling piece 234 are trimmed and the trimmed portion beinglong or short is according to the distance that the joint section isfrom the very end of the first primary assembling piece 231 being greator small; and

(2) In a second situation, it is similar to the first situation, but asshown in FIG. 11, the second primary assembling piece 232 and the fourthprimary assembling piece 234 use different protrusions to respectivelymate the first primary assembling piece 231 and the third primaryassembling piece 233 in order to realize change of width of the backframe 23; similarly, if a joint section 2312 other than the first jointsection 2311 that is close to the very end of the first primaryassembling piece 231 is selected for joining, then before or afterjoining, excessive portions of the second primary assembling piece 232and the fourth primary assembling piece 234 may be trimmed off.

This also applicable to an embodiment of the main frame structure 27 ofthe back frame 23 that is formed by only joining two L-shaped primaryassembling pieces.

In summary, the present invention provides a back frame 23 having afirst primary assembling piece that is provided with at least two jointsections. The number of the joint section can be selected according tothe requirement of customers. In the instant embodiment, a descriptionis given to an example comprising two joint sections 2311, 2312. Thus,to prepare the molds for making the back frame 23, only two sets of moldare needed, namely one mold for a first primary assembling piece and theother mold for a second primary assembling piece. The first primaryassembling piece may be provided with a plurality of joint sections forjoining operation in order to form various sizes for the back frame 23.To assemble the back frame 23, based on the desired size of the backframe 23, the corresponding one of the joint sections is selected. Withthe joint section, the second primary assembling piece is joined to thejoint section of the first primary assembling piece and the other jointsection of the first primary assembling piece that is located outward ofthe joining location of the second primary assembling piece is trimmedoff to obtain a desired size of the back frame 23. Compared to theconventional technology that requires different back frame molds formaking different sizes of back frame 10, the back frame of the flatpanel display device 23 according to the present invention requires onlya mold for the first primary assembling piece and a mold for the secondprimary assembling piece 28 so that mold sharing among various sizes ofproduct can be realized and the molds used are of simple structures,allowing of reduction of expenditure of the molds for back frames.

The present invention also provides a mold for making a back frame offlat panel display device. The back frame mold is provided with a mainpattern for forming a primary assembling piece of the back frame and themain pattern comprises a sub-pattern that forms at least two jointsections on an end of the primary assembling piece. The primaryassembling piece comprises the previously discussed first primaryassembling piece and second primary assembling piece, corresponding tothe above mentioned main pattern; and the joint section comprises thepreviously discussed joint section of the first primary assemblingpiece, corresponding to the above mentioned sub-pattern. Repeateddescription is omitted herein.

FIG. 16 is a schematic view showing a back frame of a flat panel displaydevice according to a fourteenth embodiment of the present invention. Inthe instant embodiment, the first primary assembling piece 261 comprisesa joint section 2611 and the second primary assembling piece 262comprises a joint section 2621. At least one of the first primaryassembling piece 261 and the second primary assembling piece 262comprises a reinforcement structure (not shown) on the joint sectionthereof. In other words, the reinforcement structure is arranged on atleast the joint section 2611 or the joint section 2621.

In the following, both the joint section 2611 and the joint section 2612comprising a reinforcement structure will be taken as an example forillustration.

The joint section 2611 and the joint section 2621 have a cross-sectiontaken along line A-A′, which has a line-folded configuration in order toform a reinforcement structure. The line-folded configuration comprisesat least two joined line segments. For example, the line-foldedconfiguration of the reinforcement structure may be a rectangle (asshown in FIG. 17, in which circled by phantom lines is a stackedrecess-projection paired form), a trapezoidal (as shown in FIG. 18), aswallow-tailed shape (as shown in FIG. 19), an inverted T-shape (asshown in FIG. 20), a conic shape (as shown in FIG. 21), a wavy shape (asshown in FIG. 22), a grating shape (as shown in FIG. 23), or mayalternatively be a T-shape, a cruciform shape, or a fork-like shape. Thereinforcement structure of the joint section 2611 of the first primaryassembling piece 261 and the reinforcement structure of the jointsection 2621 of the second primary assembling piece 262 are stacked in arecess-projection paired form.

Alternatively, the joint section 2611 and the joint section 2621 mayhave a cross-section taken along line A-A′, which is an arc shape toform the reinforcement structure. When the cross-section is an arcshape, the arc shape can be one or more groups of single curvature (asshown in FIG. 24), dual curvatures (as shown in FIG. 25) or multiplecurvatures (as shown in FIG. 26). The reinforcement structure of thejoint section 2611 of the first primary assembling piece 261 and thereinforcement structure of the joint section 2621 of the second primaryassembling piece 262 are stacked in a recess-projection paired form.

It is apparent that the shape of the cross-section that can be used toform a reinforcement structure is not limited to these and any can beused provided the strength of the reinforcement structure is improved.Further, it is noted that in all the embodiments of joint section ofprimary assembling piece shown in FIGS. 17-27, except FIG. 17 showingthe shapes of the reinforcement structure of the joint section 2611 andthe reinforcement structure of the joint section 2621 and therecess-projection stacking between the two reinforcement structures, forsimplification purposes, the remaining drawings show only the shape ofthe reinforcement structure of one of the joint section 2611 or 2621 andthe recess-projection stacking is not illustrated.

Referring to FIG. 27, a schematic view illustrating another structure ofreinforcement structure provided on the joint section 2621 is given. Thereinforcement structure comprises a plate layer 2623. The plate layer2623 functions to thicken the joint section 2621, with the joint section2611 being stacked on the joint section 2621.

It can be appreciated that the embodiment of the present invention formsa back frame through a joining operation so that the back frame has asimple structure, the material used form the back frame is saved, andthe manufacturing of a backlighting display device is reduced. Further,with a reinforcement structure provided at a joining site of the primaryassembling piece, the strength of the back frame at the joining site canbe improved to thereby allow the overall strength of the back frame tomeet the required strength.

It is noted all the embodiments of the reinforcement structure describedabove are also applicable to various embodiments of back frame,backlight system, and flat panel display device that will be described.

The present invention also provides a bracing piece that is applicableto each of the above discussed embodiments and is mounted to theassembling pieces for fixing a circuit board. Referring to FIGS. 28-29,assembling pieces 71, 72, and 73 are the various assembling piecesdescribed in the above discussed embodiments, including the primaryassembling pieces that are joined to form a main frame structure or thesecondary assembling pieces that are arranged inside the main framestructure and joined to the main frame structure. A bracing piece 60comprises a bracing body 61, a first suspension section 62, a firstbearing section 63, and a first resilient bent section 64. The bracingbody 61 is fixed to the assembling pieces 71 and 72. In the instantembodiment, the bracing body 61 is of a step-like configuration andbridges between the two assembling pieces 71, 72. However, in backupembodiments of the present invention, the bracing body 61 can be of astraight bar like configuration or other shapes. Further, the bracingbody 61 can be fixed to the assembling piece with only one end thereof,while the other end is arranged in a suspending form to simplifymounting process.

The first suspension section 62 extends from the bracing body 61 towardone side of the bracing body 61. The first bearing section 63 is spacedfrom the bracing body 61 and extends from the first suspension section62 toward one side of the first suspension section 62. The firstresilient bent section 64 is located between the first bearing section62 and the bracing body 61 and is bent from the first suspension section62 toward one side of the first suspension section 62. The first bearingsection 63 and the first resilient bent section 64 resiliently clamp afirst side edge of a circuit board 80.

Referring to FIG. 29, the bracing piece 60 further comprises a secondsuspension section 62′, a second bearing section 63′, and a secondresilient bent section 64′. The second suspension section 62′ is spacedfrom the first suspension section 62 and extends from the bracing body61 toward one side of the bracing body 61. The second bearing section63′ is spaced from the bracing body 61 and extends from the secondsuspension section 62′ toward one side of the second suspension section62′. The second resilient bent section 64′ is located between the secondbearing section 63′ and the bracing body 61 and is bent from the secondsuspension section 62′ toward one side of the second suspension section62′. The second bearing section 63′ and the second resilient bentsection 64′ resiliently clamp a second side edge of the circuit board 80that is opposite to the first side edge. In a preferred embodiment, thefirst suspension section 62, the first bearing section 63, and the firstresilient bent section 64 and the second suspension section 62′, thesecond bearing section 63′, and the second resilient bent section 64′are symmetric with respect to a center line of the bracing body 61. In abackup embodiment of the present invention, the bracing body 61 of thebracing piece 60 may comprise only the first suspension section 62, thefirst bearing section 63, and the first resilient bent section 64 foronly resiliently clamping the first side edge of the circuit board 80,and an additional bracing piece that is identical to the bracing piece60 is provided to resiliently clamp the second side edge of the circuitboard 80.

Referring to FIG. 29, after the circuit board 80 is mounted, anelectromagnetic shielding piece 100 is set on the bracing body 61. Theelectromagnetic shielding piece 100 is spaced from the circuit board 80to shield electromagnetic signals generated by the circuit board 80. Theelectromagnetic shielding piece 100 can be a Faraday cage or a metalplate.

Referring to FIG. 28, in the instant embodiment, a bracing piece 90 thatis identical in structure to the bracing piece 60 is further provided.The bracing piece 90 is spaced from the bracing piece 60 to clampdifferent locations of the first and second side edges of the circuitboard 80.

With the above discussed manners, the present invention provides a backframe and a backlight system that comprises assembling pieces thatemploys a joining process to form a back frame so as to make the backframe simple in structure, save the material used for back frame, andthus lower down the manufacturing cost of backlighting display deviceFurther, with a bracing piece that comprises a bracing body, a firstsuspension section, a first bearing section, and a first resilient bentsection being used to fix a circuit board, the cost of mold is reducedand the problem that a circuit board cannot be easily fixed is overcome.

As shown in FIG. 30, which is a schematic view showing an embodiment ofthe present invention that combines all features associated with backframe joining, reinforcement structure, and easy fixing of an circuit,the bracing piece 60 comprises a bracing body 61, a first suspensionsection 62, a first bearing section 63, and a first resilient bentsection 64, wherein the joint sections of the primary assembling pieces261 and 262 are provided with reinforcement structures 2611 and 2621.The back frame joining, the bracing piece for fixing circuit board, andthe reinforcement structures 2611 and 2621 can refer to any of thepreviously discussed embodiments.

As shown in FIG. 31, the present invention also provides a method formaking a back frame of flat panel display device. The method comprisesthe following steps:

Step 501: manufacturing at least first and second primary assemblingpieces, in which the first primary assembling piece has an end formingat least two joint sections, each of the joint sections having astructure that mates a corresponding end of the second primaryassembling piece; and

Step 502: selecting one joint section of the at least two joint sectionsaccording to a size of the back frame to join the corresponding end ofthe second primary assembling piece.

In the instant embodiment, when other joint sections are present betweenthe joining location of the second primary assembling piece and the endof the first primary assembling piece, before or after the step ofselecting one joint section of the at least two joint sections accordingto a size of the back frame to join the corresponding end of the secondprimary assembling piece, the other joint sections of the first primaryassembling piece that are located outward of the joining position of thesecond primary assembling piece are trimmed off. The first primaryassembling piece comprises the previously discussed first primaryassembling piece, and the second primary assembling piece comprises thepreviously discussed second primary assembling piece, and repeateddescription will be omitted herein.

As shown in FIG. 32, the flat panel display device 20 of the presentinvention further comprises a touch screen 29. The touch screen 29 isarranged on a light exit surface of the display panel 22 of the flatpanel display device 20. The flat panel display device 20 comprises: thebacklight system 21 and the above discussed display panel 22. Thebacklight system 21 is arranged at the back side of the display panel 22and supplies light to the display panel 22.

The backlight system 21 comprises a light source 25, a lighthomogenization mechanism 24, and a back frame 23. The back frame 23carries the light source 25 and the light homogenization mechanism 24.When the backlight system 21 is an edge lighting type, the lighthomogenization mechanism 24 is a light guide; and when the backlightsystem 21 is a direct type, the light homogenization mechanism 24 is adiffuser plate. The back frame 23 comprises at least a first primaryassembling piece and a second primary assembling piece, and the at leastone first and second primary assembling pieces constitute a main framestructure 27 of the back frame 23.

It is apparent that the backlight system 21 can be of a structure of anyone of the previously discussed embodiments of the backlight system.

It is noted that the flat panel display device 20 of the presentinvention can be a liquid crystal display device or a liquid crystaltelevision.

The present invention also provides a stereoscopic display device 30, asshown in FIG. 33. The stereoscopic display device 30 comprises a liquidcrystal lens grating 31, a backlight system 32, and a display panel 33.The liquid crystal lens grating 31 is arranged on a light exit surfaceof the display panel 33. The backlight system 32 can be a backlightsystem of one of the above discussed embodiments, such as the backlightsystem 32 comprising the back frame 23. The back frame 23 comprises atleast first primary assembling piece and the second primary assemblingpiece. The at least first and second primary assembling pieces form amain frame structure of the back frame. The backlight system 32 can beof a structure of any of the previously discussed embodiments ofbacklight system and repeated description will be omitted herein.

The present invention also provides a plasma display device 40, as shownin FIG. 34. The plasma display device 40 comprises a plasma displaypanel 41 and a back frame 42. The back frame 42 is arranged at a backside of the display panel 41. The back frame 42 can be the back frame ofany of the previously discussed embodiments and repeated descriptionwill be omitted herein.

With the above discussed manners, the present invention provides a flatpanel display device, a stereoscopic display device, and a plasmadisplay device that have a mold for back frame that is of a simplestructure, reduce the expenditure for mold of back frame, and also savethe material used for back frame so as to lower down the cost of flatpanel display device.

Embodiments of the present invention have been described, but are notintending to impose any undue constraint to the appended claims of thepresent invention. Any modification of equivalent structure orequivalent process made according to the disclosure and drawings of thepresent invention, or any application thereof, directly or indirectly,to other related fields of technique, is considered encompassed in thescope of protection defined by the clams of the present invention.

What is claimed is:
 1. A back frame of a flat panel display device,wherein: the back frame comprises primary assembling pieces, secondaryassembling pieces, and a bracing piece for fixing a circuit board, theprimary assembling pieces having a number of at least two, at least oneof the primary assembling pieces having an end forming joint sections,the secondary assembling pieces being joined to the primary assemblingpieces; the at least two primary assembling pieces are joined throughcorresponding joint sections thereof, at least one of the primaryassembling pieces comprising a reinforcement structure formed on thejoint sections thereof; and the bracing piece comprises a bracing body,a first suspension section, a first bearing section, and a firstresilient bent section, the bracing body being mounted to the primaryassembling pieces or the secondary assembling pieces or is mounted toboth the primary assembling pieces and the secondary assembling pieces,the first suspension section extending from the bracing body toward oneside of the bracing body, the first bearing section being spaced fromthe bracing body and extending from the first suspension section towardone side of the first suspension section, the first resilient bentsection being located between the first bearing section and the bracingbody and being bent from the first suspension section toward one side ofthe first suspension section, the first bearing section and the firstresilient bent section resiliently clamping a first side edge of thecircuit board.
 2. The back frame as claimed in claim 1, wherein: each ofthe primary assembling pieces has a cross-section of the joint sectionthat has a line-folded configuration in order to form the reinforcementstructure, the line-folded configuration comprising at least two joinedline segments, the reinforcement structures of the two primaryassembling pieces being stacked in a recess-projection paired form. 3.The back frame as claimed in claim 2, wherein: the line-foldedconfiguration of the reinforcement structure comprises a rectangle, atrapezoidal, a swallow-tailed shape, a T-shape, an inverted T-shape, aconic shape, a cruciform shape, a fork-like shape, or a grating shape.4. The back frame as claimed in claim 1, wherein: each of the primaryassembling pieces has a cross-section of the joint section that is anarc shape to form the reinforcement structure, the reinforcementstructures of the two primary assembling pieces being stacked in arecess-projection paired form.
 5. The back frame as claimed in claim 4,wherein: the arc shape of the reinforcement structure comprises one ormore groups of single curvature, dual curvatures, or multiplecurvatures.
 6. The back frame as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bracingpiece further comprises a second suspension section, a second bearingsection, and a second resilient bent section, the second suspensionsection being spaced from the first suspension section and extendingfrom the bracing body toward one side of the bracing body, the secondbearing section being spaced from the bracing body and extending fromthe second suspension section toward one side of the second suspensionsection, the second resilient bent section being located between thesecond bearing section and the bracing body and extending from thesecond suspension toward one side of the second suspension section, thesecond bearing section and the second resilient bent section resilientlyclamping a second side edge of the circuit board that is opposite to thefirst side edge.
 7. The back frame as claimed in claim 6, wherein theback frame comprises two bracing pieces and the two bracing pieces arespaced from each other to clamp different locations of the first sideedge and the second side edge of the circuit board.
 8. The back frame asclaimed in claim 6, wherein the bracing body is of a step-likeconfiguration and bridges between the two assembling pieces.
 9. The backframe as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the at least two primaryassembling pieces comprise a first primary assembling piece and a secondprimary assembling piece, the first primary assembling piece having anend having a surface forming at least joint sections that are arrangedto space from each other in a lengthwise direction of the first primaryassembling piece, each of the joint sections having a structure matingan end of the second primary assembling piece, the first primaryassembling piece using one of the joint sections to join thecorresponding end of the second primary assembling piece.
 10. The backframe as claimed in claim 9, wherein: the joint sections compriserecesses formed in a surface of the first primary assembling piece andhaving a shape corresponding to the end of the second primary assemblingpiece for receiving the end of the second primary assembling piece. 11.The back frame as claimed in claim 9, wherein: the joint sectionscomprise recesses formed in the surface of the first primary assemblingpiece, the second primary assembling piece having a surface formingprotrusions at corresponding positions that are arranged to space fromeach other in a lengthwise direction of the second primary assemblingpiece, the protrusions being receivable in the recesses to join thefirst primary assembling piece and the second primary assembling pieceto each other.
 12. The back frame as claimed in claim 11, wherein: therecess of the first primary assembling piece forms a first through holein a bottom thereof, a second through hole being formed in the secondprimary assembling piece at a corresponding position, the back framecomprising a fastener, the fastener extending through the first throughhole and the second through hole to joint the first primary assemblingpiece and the second primary assembling piece.
 13. The back frame asclaimed in one of claim 9, wherein: the back frame comprises a thirdprimary assembling piece and a fourth primary assembling piece; and thefirst primary assembling piece, the second primary assembling piece, thethird primary assembling piece, and the fourth primary assembling pieceare straight linear and are joined in a leading end-to-tailing endmanner to circumferentially form a rectangular main frame structure ofthe back frame.
 14. The back frame as claimed in claim 13, wherein: thesecondary assembling pieces comprise a first secondary assembling pieceand a second secondary assembling piece, the first secondary assemblingpiece having two ends respectively joined to at least two primaryassembling pieces of the first primary assembling piece, the secondprimary assembling piece, the third primary assembling piece, and thefourth primary assembling piece, the second secondary assembling piecehaving two ends respectively joined to at least two primary assemblingpieces of the first primary assembling piece, the second primaryassembling piece, the third primary assembling piece, and the fourthprimary assembling piece.
 15. The back frame as claimed in claim 14,wherein: the two ends of the first secondary assembling piece arerespectively joined to the first primary assembling piece and the secondprimary assembling piece that are adjacent to each other and the twoends of the second secondary assembling piece are respectively joined tothe third primary assembling piece and the fourth primary assemblingpiece that are adjacent to each other; or the two ends of the firstsecondary assembling piece are respectively joined to the first primaryassembling piece and the third primary assembling piece that areopposite to each other and the two ends of the second secondaryassembling piece are respectively joined to the first primary assemblingpiece and the third primary assembling piece that are opposite to eachother, the second primary assembling piece, the fourth primaryassembling piece, the first secondary assembling piece, and the secondsecondary assembling piece being arranged parallel to each other.
 16. Abacklight system, wherein: the backlight system comprises a lightsource, a light homogenization mechanism, and a back frame; and the backframe carries the light source and the light homogenization mechanism,the back frame being a back frame claimed in claim 1.